Tagged: candy
there is a fairy-
there is a fairy-
tale tucked into every
bite of a bonbon
.
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back before we knew
back before we knew
how to trade, it was a box
of runts for ten
minutes on the inflatable
float. it is questionable
if we’ve learned
anything, grew out
of our childish ways
.
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january is
january is
gumdrops for which our tongues haven’t
picked out the flavors
.
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** in the absence of The Daily Post from WordPress, here’s your daily prompt: gumdrops
we are ready for
when we are
when we are
together, the minutes
are spun inside each
hour into cotton
candy, and the
day twirls, leaving
a sweet residue
.
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i am opening
i am opening
a fresh package of
candied pinto
beans and
remembering
how you used to
carry them overseas,
from grandma to
grandma to
granddaughter,
hand to hand to
hand, an exchange
all at once
familiar and
unfamiliar, a
sugar-coated
nostalgia
.
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you and a dozen
you and a dozen
peanut m&ms cannot
undo the spell of
brain and body locked in debate
to keep the thumbs from twiddling
.
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commitment is a
commitment is a
chocolate bar,
molded to
break, easily
snap, into
mouth-watering
convenience.
who says i have to be
a chocolatier to
design so much
indulgence.
depending on
your melting
point, i’ll
let you savor
the taste
.
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they often tell you not
they often tell you not
to take candy from
strangers, but the
protocol for those
who offer burgers –
with fries and onion
rings thrown in –
is kinda-sorta yes
.
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long weekends have
long weekends have
appetites that start
across the
tongue – sweet
and lasting like hard
candy – and end with
a heaviness that
only comes
with the final
weightlessness
of the last drop
.
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